Exam 7: Input and Output: Examining Popular Devices

OCR devices read printed characters in a special font.

Which of the following is a small, flat, rectangular pointing device that is sensitive to pressure and motion?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT Which of the following is NOT an example of a common nonimpact printer?

As a user moves a mouse, the pointer on the screen also moves.

Which kind of printer forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper without actually striking the paper?

What is the definition of a command?

Which of the following devices read text printed with magnetized ink?

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT To display the highest quality images, an LCD monitor should plug in to which type of port?

____________________ is the process of entering any sound into the computer such as speech, music, and sound effects.

With an ink-jet printer, a higher dpi means the drops of ink are larger.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT You are working in a computer laboratory and want to listen to your portable media player. You use the device provided with the media player to listen without distracting other students. What type of device do you use?

Explain the forms that instructions processed by a computer or mobile device can take.

What is pixel pitch sometimes called?

With ____________________, you touch a stylus or digital pen on a flat surface to write, draw, or make selections.

Some data projectors are large devices that attach to a ceiling or wall in an auditorium.

Explain in detail on what the quality of a display depends.

Nonimpact printers are ideal for printing multipart forms because they can print through layers of paper.

Which of the following is data that has been processed into a useful form?

Some users prefer a wireless mouse because it eliminates the clutter of a cord.

Because LCD projectors tend to produce lower-quality images, users often prefer DLP projectors for their sharper, brighter images.